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The Boy's story of Lindbergh The Lone Eagle by Beamish, Richard H
- Bookseller: Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC,ILAB
 (CA)
- Seller Inventory #: 1311
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: The John C. Winston Company,
- Place: Chicago:
- Date published: 1928.
- Pages: 288 pp
Description
Chicago: : The John C. Winston Company, , 1928. . Lrg. 8vo,. green cloth with pastedown, pastedown and spine lettering rubbed, inscription to ffep, a few spots but on the whole very good. The Story of Charles Lindbergh who made the first transatlantic flight from New York to Paris in 1927.
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
ffep : Front free endpaper. Generally, the first page of a book.
pastedown : The paper glued to the inside cover of a hard cover book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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